A Body of Water by Chioma Urama

Author:Chioma Urama
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2021-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

“POLI—”

after an untitled sketch by Basquiat

To your right, a Crayola yellow square.

Inside this, a tiny brown car.

Outside the square, are a few distressed longitudinal lines,

Red and Black.

Below the square is the word, “poli— ”

A square of yellow hallway light, just warm and large and fleeting enough for the jury to pretend with them. Trick black. Black trick. Eenie, meeny, miney, no. Naw, man. Naw, man, GET UP. GETCHO ASS UP! !#$%....... !#$% ....... !# THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCASTING SYSTEM ....... !# !# Please do not enter history head on. Step sideways as if you were entering Yemaya. 5-O nigga! 5-O! She was asleep on the couch next to her grandmother, both dressed in a magnificent square of television light. Amber waves of grain. His weapon fired a single shot. His shot a single fired weapon. His single shot a fired weapon. His single weapon fired a shot. His weapon. His shot. Fire! The old woman shakes. Her fists tremble in front of her face. Her cry is Florida’s trembling metronomic moan for James,

Damn, damn, damn!

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